Social Media

Instagram Launches Updated UI for Standalone Threads App

Instagram has announced a new update for its standalone Threads app, which despite seemingly not gaining massive traction is still holding on, a year after its initial release. As you may or may not recall, Threads is a messaging app for your Instagram inner circle – Threads provides a set of quick, easy options for sending text, photo and video updates to a selected group of friends, which are defined by your Instagram ‘close friends’ list.

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Twitter Slows Down Roll Out of Fleets Due to ‘Performance and Stability’ Concerns

If you haven’t got the new Twitter Stori… sorry, ‘Fleets’ option as yet, you may have to wait a little longer – according to Twitter, it’s delaying the expanded roll-out of Fleets just a little bit due to performance and stability concerns.

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Facebook Outlines Evolving Efforts to Combat Hate Speech in New Report

Facebook’s facilitation and amplification of both hate speech and misinformation has been a key topic of focus over the past four years, but even more so within the chaos of 2020. COVID-19, the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the US Presidential election have all, in their own ways, underlined the role that Facebook can play in amplifying dangerous narratives, and sowing division as a result.

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What Google’s Quality Rater Guidelines Tell Us About UX

Even if you haven’t read through all 175 pages of the current edition of Google’s Search Quality Rater Guidelines (at publication, last updated on October 2020), you may have some idea of what you’d find within. The Search Quality Raters Guidelines are created and updated by Google, then shared with hired Quality Raters.

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3 Ways to Use Chrome DevTools for SEO Troubleshooting

One of the most important technical toolkits at the fingertips of any SEO pro is Google Chrome. No matter what SEO software you might be using to automate audits or diagnose SEO issues at scale, Chrome DevTools continues to provide crucial ways to spot-check SEO issues on the fly. Now, there have been plenty of articles outlining some of the ways that DevTools can help SEO professionals and developers alike.

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How Important Is an H1 Tag for SEO?

Simply stated, H1 header tags are important. But it isn’t just making sure we use H1s on webpages or even how we use them. It’s actually understanding what an H1 is (in modern definition) and how it fits into a page’s organization. More importantly, it’s knowing how an H1 – and other header tags (H2, H3, H4, etc.) – fit into the overall user experience of that page and the website as a whole. Technically, that main header tag doesn’t even have to be an H1. But, whether it is an H1 or another header tag, that main header is incredibly significant.

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Instagram Launches Updated UI for Standalone Threads App

Twitter Slows Down Roll Out of Fleets Due to ‘Performance and Stability’ Concerns

Facebook Outlines Evolving Efforts to Combat Hate Speech in New Report

What Google’s Quality Rater Guidelines Tell Us About UX

3 Ways to Use Chrome DevTools for SEO Troubleshooting

How Important Is an H1 Tag for SEO?

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